223: A Boost for Nx, Lib Updates, and Passion Projects

News includes José Valim and Chris McCord's collaboration on AI GPU clusters with Fly.io, Nx being selected for Mozilla's Builders Accelerator with a $100,000 award, Parker Selbert's highlights on PostgreSQL 17's improvements for the Oban project, a major update to the Cachex library, and an extension of the call for talks deadline for Alchemy Conf 2025, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/223 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/223) Elixir Community News https://fly.io/blog/ai-gpu-clusters-from-your-laptop-livebook/ (https://fly.io/blog/ai-gpu-clusters-from-your-laptop-livebook/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim and Chris McCord's blog post on AI GPU clusters. https://x.com/josevalim/status/1838632848955150811 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1838632848955150811?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim shares a post about using Fly.io GPUs with Livebook. https://x.com/josevalim/status/1838633779851833391 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1838633779851833391?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim discusses bringing Nx, Livebook, and FLAME to HPC. https://dockyard.com/blog/2024/09/24/nx-selected-for-mozilla-inaugural-builders-accelerator-cohort-promoting-open-source-ai-solutions (https://dockyard.com/blog/2024/09/24/nx-selected-for-mozilla-inaugural-builders-accelerator-cohort-promoting-open-source-ai-solutions?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Nx project selected for Mozilla's Builders Accelerator, receiving $100,000. https://x.com/germsvel/status/1841054951801569778 (https://x.com/germsvel/status/1841054951801569778?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – German Velasco's ElixirStream video on the new Date shift function in Elixir. https://www.elixirstreams.com/tips/date-shift (https://www.elixirstreams.com/tips/date-shift?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Demo of Date shift function constrained by calendar rules in Elixir. https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_test/changelog.html#0-4-0 (https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_test/changelog.html#0-4-0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PhoenixTest update with changes including PhoenixTest.upload/3. https://x.com/sorentwo/status/1840786285755035839 (https://x.com/sorentwo/status/1840786285755035839?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Parker Selbert's post about PostgreSQL 17 and its benefits for Oban. https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-17-released-2936/ (https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-17-released-2936/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PostgreSQL 17 release announcement. https://learnsql.com/blog/cte-with-examples/ (https://learnsql.com/blog/cte-with-examples/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Explanation of CTEs. https://whitfin.io/blog/cachex-v4-0-optimization-consolidation-and-routing/ (https://whitfin.io/blog/cachex-v4-0-optimization-consolidation-and-routing/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post about Cachex v4.0 updates and changes. https://github.com/whitfin/cachex (https://github.com/whitfin/cachex?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The GitHub repository for Cachex, a powerful caching library for Elixir. https://x.com/TylerAYoung/status/1838631217857474979 (https://x.com/TylerAYoung/status/1838631217857474979?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Update on Elixir's Geo library version 4.0. https://github.com/felt/geo (https://github.com/felt/geo?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for the Geo library. https://felt.com/ (https://felt.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Company maintaining the Geo library and providing GIS data tools. https://x.com/Alchemy_Conf/status/1841069715743002728 (https://x.com/Alchemy_Conf/status/1841069715743002728?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Alchemy Conf 2025 extends call for talks deadline to Oct 31st. https://www.papercall.io/alchemy-conf-2025 (https://www.papercall.io/alchemy-conf-2025?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Submission page for the Alchemy Conf 2025 call for talks. https://alchemyconf.com/ (https://alchemyconf.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Official website for the Alchemy Conf 2025. https://blog.psantos.dev/deploying-phoenix-application-with-kamal-2/ (https://blog.psantos.dev/deploying-phoenix-application-with-kamal-2/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post on deploying Phoenix applications with Kamal. https://kamal-deploy.org/ (https://kamal-deploy.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Official site for Kamal, a deployment pipeline tool. https://x.com/bernheisel/status/1840183497463320733 (https://x.com/bernheisel/status/1840183497463320733?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Insight into SUSE's Elixir projects, including Trento. https://github.com/trento-project (https://github.com/trento-project?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Trento project on GitHub, related to SUSE Linux's system monitoring. Mark shared how Passion Place is a new service and podcast supporting married couples, designed with a Phoenix LiveView application. http://podcast.passion.place/ (http://podcast.passion.place/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Podcast link for Passion Place. https://passion.place/ (https://passion.place/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Website for the Passion Place service. https://www.youtube.com/@PassionPlace (https://www.youtube.com/@PassionPlace?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – YouTube channel for Passion Place. https://www.instagram.com/Passion.Place.Show/ (https://www.instagram.com/Passion.Place.Show/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Passion Place on Instagram https://www.facebook.com/people/Passion-Place/61566411255014/ (https://www.facebook.com/people/Passion-Place/61566411255014/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The Passion Place Facebook Page Do you have some Elixir news to share? 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